[ale] VM for WAN connection?

[DJ-Pfulio]

On 09/26/2015 12:02 PM, James Sumners wrote:
> Finally got the motherboard in for my home router project. While thinking
> about how I want to do it, I had a thought about the connection to my ISP.
> I'm wondering if it is worth it to isolate that connection in a VM? The VM
> would still be hosted on the "router" system, and the traffic would still
> have to be routed back to the host OS.
> 
> Any opinions? Sound plan or redundant overkill?
> 

Edge routers need to be separate, dedicated, devices with nothing else on them
but routing (and network management stuff like QoS and firewalls). Any added
complexity is asking for a failure that compromises security.

If you want an internal router that includes the kitchen sink, using a VM is fine.

IMHO.